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  • Unmuting large silent genes lets bacteria produce new molecules, potential drug candidates

    Jan 3, 2019 5:15 pm by Liz Ahlberg TouchstoneResearch
    postdoctoral researcher Fang Guo, professor Huimin Zhao and postdoctoral researcher Bin Wang. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

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    • postdoctoral researcher Fang Guo, professor Huimin Zhao and postdoctoral researcher Bin Wang. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

    By enticing away the repressors dampening unexpressed, silent genes in Streptomyces bacteria, Illinois researchers have unlocked several large gene clusters for new natural products